EP1385343A1 - System und Verfahren zur Steuerung von einem Telekommunikationsnetz - Google Patents

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EP1385343A1
EP1385343A1 EP02078028A EP02078028A EP1385343A1 EP 1385343 A1 EP1385343 A1 EP 1385343A1 EP 02078028 A EP02078028 A EP 02078028A EP 02078028 A EP02078028 A EP 02078028A EP 1385343 A1 EP1385343 A1 EP 1385343A1
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Nicolaas Wijnand Keesmaat
Dirk Los
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Priority to DE60316951T priority patent/DE60316951T2/de
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  • the invention is about a system for controlling a telecommunication network.
  • the invention is also about a method for controlling a telecommunication network.
  • a telecommunication network is operated by interconnected switches.
  • An example of such a network is the Public Switched Telecommunications Network (PSTN).
  • PSTN Public Switched Telecommunications Network
  • This network may be combined with a radio telecommunications network for mobile communication.
  • the switches route calls from one subscriber to another, by passing control data and voice data along circuits, which are the interconnecting links among the switches in the network.
  • a subscriber may be connected to the network via a network access point using a peripheral apparatus, such as a telephone, a modem, an answering device, IVR equipment, conference call hardware or any apparatus used for communication via or interfacing with the network.
  • a voice service like teleconferencing, news, weather forecast, traffic announcements or any other service may be connected to the network via a network access point also using a peripheral apparatus.
  • a peripheral apparatus may originate connections or calls or receive them and has control circuitry to control these calls.
  • each switch has its own control circuitry for connecting a call to another switch.
  • the control circuitry implements rules telling the switch what to do with an incoming call.
  • a call is originated by communicating a control signal from a peripheral apparatus to a switch and a peripheral apparatus receives a call by receiving control signals from a switch.
  • a voice connection is established between the switch and the peripheral apparatus via a voice-only circuit.
  • the path through the network from a peripheral apparatus to a particular switch may be referred to as one leg of a call or a half call.
  • the path from that switch to another peripheral apparatus may be referred to as the other leg of the call or other half call.
  • a call is connected to a service, e.g. an information service.
  • a service e.g. an information service.
  • more complex switching is required, e.g. in the case of call forwarding where a subscriber has moved to another number.
  • IN Intelligent Networking
  • Switches connected to IN systems detect calls, which require special treatment. The control signals of such calls are diverted to the IN system where decisions are made on the further treatment of the call. The result of these decisions is communicated to the switch, which will treat the call accordingly.
  • the US patent 6337858 discloses a further development, whereby a switch fabric is used outside of the telecom network.
  • This switching fabric comprising switch and switch control means is connected to and controlled by computer telephony hardware.
  • This architecture is referred to as computer telephony integration (CTI) hardware.
  • CTI computer telephony integration
  • This architecture it is possible to set up a first call from the switching fabric to a first peripheral apparatus and a second call from the switching fabric to a second peripheral apparatus. Both calls constitute a leg to the respective peripheral apparatuses. After the legs have been set up, the CTI than bridges the calls.
  • This architecture gives control over both legs of the call. The result is great flexibility of building calls from the CTI environment.
  • the CTI may be part of the Internet, a LAN or a WAN. Thereby all kinds of users may be enabled to create telecom services in relation to for example a Web based service.
  • This first object of the invention can be achieved by a system for controlling a telephony network, for example a PSTN network which comprises switch apparatus, which may be present in the telephony network.
  • the switch apparatus may have ports, used for connecting to further switch fabric or peripheral apparatus in the telecom network. Each port can have a control section and a voice data section.
  • the switch apparatus may be arranged to receive control commands via the control sections of the ports for controlling connections or calls between the ports.
  • a bridging circuit may be connected between the voice data sections of a first port and a second port. At least one third port being connected to the telecom network may be present.
  • the system may further comprise a computer apparatus for communicating with the switch apparatus, arranged to send a first control command to the control section of the first port of the switch apparatus.
  • the computer apparatus may also be arranged to send a second control command to the control section of the second port of the switch apparatus.
  • the connection from the at least third port to a peripheral apparatus may be completed according normal call completion, by propagating appropriate control signals and subsequent switching in intermediate further switch fabric between the at least third port and the peripheral apparatus. In this manner a connection may be controlled between a first peripheral apparatus and a second peripheral apparatus via two independent connections, which are bridged via the bridging circuit. This provides the freedom of control necessary to provide services to subscribers where on-the-fly and seamless connections between subscribers may be altered, rerouted, re-rated and many other possibilities while using standard switch apparatus and where no IN system is required.
  • the computer apparatus may be arranged to receive control signals from the switch apparatus, it is advantageous to start a particular service on the receipt of a control command.
  • the control commands are routed to the computer apparatus by the switch apparatus.
  • the service may comprise the control of another half call, which may be bridged by the voice-only circuit.
  • the computer apparatus may comprise a server, connected via a computer network, whereby the server is arranged to communicate with the switch apparatus and to perform a service upon receipt of a command from the user terminal, it is particularly advantageous to initiate services from a user terminal.
  • the user terminal may be connected to the computer apparatus via the Internet. Users may initiate a telecom service while using the Internet or any other computer network.
  • the computer apparatus may comprise a signalling gateway, that may be arranged to communicate with the server via a communications link or the computer network, and whereby the signalling gateway may comprise a first and a second communication port that communicate with the control section of the first and second port respectively of the switch apparatus
  • the further computer apparatus, the server and user terminals have no need for direct interfacing to the switch apparatus. This is achieved by commercially available signalling gateway, which are arranged to communicate with switch apparatus and may be controlled by simple commands, also known as events.
  • the switch may comprise one switch, having the first and second port with the bridging circuit between the voice data sections of the two ports and at least one third port connected to the telecom network, it is particularly advantageous to utilise two free ports on a switch already available in the telecom network. Even if such ports are not available, it is a standard routine procedure to add extra ports to a conventional switch, thereby making it very simple and cheap to add the functionality of setting up connections as described in the first object of the invention.
  • the switch apparatus may comprise at least two switches, having the bridging circuit between the voice data sections of one port of one switch and one port of a second switch, and the at least two switches being connected to the telecom network via at least one port on each switch, it is advantageous to have the possibility to use an existing voice-only circuit as a bridging circuit between two switches to install the functionality of setting up connections as described in the first object of the invention. This may be necessary if spare ports are not available or possible in one switch.
  • the further object of the invention can be achieved by a method, wherein a computer apparatus may be arranged to communicate with the control sections of a first and second port of a switch apparatus.
  • the method may comprise the steps of controlling a first connection between a first circuit of the first port with a first peripheral apparatus accessible via at least one third port of the switch apparatus, and may further comprise the step of controlling a connection between a second circuit of the second port with a second peripheral apparatus accessible via at least one third port of the switch apparatus, whereby the first and second port are connected via a bridging circuit and the first and second circuit are matched.
  • This is particularly advantageous, since standard control methods may be used to control the switch apparatus, so no special switch outside the telecom network is necessary, to control a connection which is made up of two independent connection which are bridged via the bridging circuit.
  • the computer apparatus may comprise a server and at least one user terminal, connected via a network
  • the server may be arranged to communicate with the switch apparatus, comprising the steps of the server performing a first service upon receipt of a command from a user terminal, and the service comprising the steps of communicating control commands to the switch apparatus
  • the switch apparatus may be controlled by a issuing a command from a user terminal i.e. while using the Internet or any other computer network.
  • Various kinds of services may be conceived using the Web as a starting point for all kinds o telecom services using the telecom network.
  • the method may comprise the steps of the server performing a second service upon receipt of a command from the switch apparatus, the service comprising the steps of communicating control commands to the switch apparatus, having the advantage of being able to define services initiated by telecom network events, without having to adapt the telecom network itself. Only relatively cheap computer apparatus are needed to perform such services way may be developed on a platform appropriate for a server, user terminal and network environment.
  • the computer apparatus may further comprise a signalling gateway, the method further comprising the steps of generating an event in the server, the server communicating the event to the signalling gateway, the signalling gateway translating the event in a control command, the signalling gateway communicating the control command to the switch apparatus via the control section of the first or third port, it is advantageous to generate simple telecom events in the server which are translated by a commercially available signalling gateway e.g. a Milborne.
  • Fig 1 shows a telecommunication network 1 including a first switch fabric 2 and further switch fabric 15.
  • the telecom network 1 basically represents a PSTN network, but any telecom network having switches, including soft switches may apply.
  • the network 1 may also include switch fabric and radio base stations for mobile telecommunication services like GSM or any other way of mobile telecommunication.
  • the network 1 may also include voice gateways acting as switching interfaces between a telecom network and for example an IP network (Voice-Over-IP).
  • the first switch fabric 2 for switching calls or connections has communication ports 3 for communicating among the further switch fabric 15 or with peripheral apparatuses 16.
  • the ports 3 communicate having a control section 4 and a voice data section 5.
  • the control sections 4 are used for passing connection control data
  • the voice data sections 5 are used for passing the voice data.
  • control and voice data sections may include separate electrical connectors for connecting a cable, but they may also be combined in a single connector.
  • the control and voice data sections 4, 5 may share the same connection. This is for instance the case where peripheral apparatuses 16 are connected with switch fabric, using one pair of conductors only, and where control and voice data share the same connection.
  • the peripheral apparatuses 16 may be any equipment used by end users or used for interfacing voice or data sources with the network, such as telephones, fax, modems and the like.
  • two ports 7,8 are reserved, whereby a bridging circuit 6 connects the voice data sections 5, which is a common way of connecting the voice part of calls or voice connections from one switch to another.
  • the control sections 4 of the ports 7,8 are connected to a computer apparatus 10 by means of control links 11 and 12.
  • the computer apparatus 10 is capable of communicating with the ports 7 and 8 of the first switch fabric 2, and thereby controlling calls or connections made via those ports 7 and 8. These ports 7, 8 may be instructed using control commands by the computer apparatus 10 to establish or terminate or any other form of control of connections or calls which may pass through the ports 7 or 8.
  • the computer apparatus 10 may for example issue a first command 17 telling the first switch fabric 2 to establish a first connection or half call between the voice data section 5 of port 7 and a peripheral apparatus 16 via a third port 9.
  • the first switch fabric 2 and the further switch fabric 15 make the connection using circuits 14 and control links 13.
  • Circuits 14 may be combined in a trunk.
  • Control links 11,12 and 13 may be combined in a control network.
  • a C7 control network is an example of such a network, whereby switches in a telecom network exchange their control signals or commands via a common control network.
  • a control link thus may be a virtual link defining a communication channel from one point in the control network to another.
  • a circuit 14 and a control link 13 are connected to the voice data section 5 and the control section 4 respectively of the at least one third port 9 on the first switch fabric 2.
  • the circuit 14 and control link 13 are connected to corresponding control and data sections 4,5 of further ports 3.
  • the computer apparatus 10 may also issue a second command 18 controlling the first switch fabric 2 to establish a second connection or half call between the voice data section 5 of port 8 and a peripheral apparatus 16 via a third port 9.
  • the two half calls are than bridged by the bridging circuit 6. So a first subscriber may receive a call ultimately via port 7, a second subscriber may receive a call via port 8. Since both half calls are bridged via bridging circuit 6 both subscribers may communicate.
  • the computer apparatus 10 may also issue commands for terminating the connections or half calls established via the ports 7 or 8 using the first switch fabric 2. Thus it is possible to disconnect one of the subscribers, e.g. the second subscriber, establish a new half call to a third subscriber, whereby the first subscriber can now communicate with the third subscriber, without the first subscriber having to disconnect.
  • the commands issued or received by the computer apparatus may comprise various C7 signalling protocols (such as MTP Layers 1-3, ISUP, SCCP, TCAP, INAP, MAP or SMS).
  • control links 11 and 12 and the control links 13 may be C7 links or any connection type used for communicating control signals or commands between switches.
  • switches very often ISUP protocols apply. In this manner the object of the invention is achieved. It is now possible to flexibly bridge and independently establish half calls or connections under computer control, using standard switches. So modern services, whereby subscribers are dynamically connected, can be developed and implemented in any existing telecommunications network.
  • a voice section 5 of a port 3 may be known by its CIC (Circuit Identification Code).
  • the circuits may be realised in the form of fibres or wires in a cable, but also as multiplexed circuits whereby voice data is sent over a single communication line, e.g. a glass fibre.
  • a circuit 14 may also be part of a wireless connection.
  • the first switch fabric 2 may be instructed by the computer apparatus 10 to control a first call between a circuit in the voice-data section 5 of a port 3, e.g. port 7 and another circuit in the voice data section 5 of another third port 3, e.g. port 9.
  • a second half call may than be controlled between a circuit in the voice-data section 5 of a second port 3, e.g. port 8 and yet another circuit in the voice data section 5 of another third port 3, e.g. port 9.
  • a bridging circuit 6, bridges the voice data sections 5 of ports 7 and 8.
  • the computer apparatus 10 may also be arranged to receive incoming control commands from the first switch fabric 2.
  • the commands may be detected and used for starting a particular behaviour as part of a service for the subscriber that initiated the call that was switched to e.g. port 7 of the first switch fabric 2. Examples of services using command detection are:
  • the computer apparatus 10 may also be arranged to receive control commands on one control port connected to the first switch fabric 2 and pass them to a second control, also connected to the first switch fabric 2 to allow the normal passage of control commands from one port to another.
  • the computer apparatus 10 may detect if an incoming control command represents a request for a particular service. If not, the control command may be passed on to the second control port. For these control commands the computer apparatus behaves transparently.
  • the first switch fabric 2 comprises one switch that has the first, second and the at least one third ports (7,8 and 9).
  • the invention may be realized this way for example by using spare ports 3 in a switch, which is already in place in the telecom network 1.
  • the telecom network 1 may also be expanded, adding a switch and configuring it according to the invention. Network administration is simple, since only a single location, the location of the switch is involved.
  • Fig 2 shows an embodiment of the first switch fabric 2 according to the invention.
  • a circuit connects a first port 7 at a first switch 19 first port 7 to a second port 8 at a second switch 20 thereby forming the bridging circuit 6.
  • the corresponding control links of ports 7 and 8 communicate with the control ports of the computer apparatus 10, thus establishing the first control link 11 and the second control link12 by which the computer apparatus 10 controls the first switch fabric 2 as described.
  • This configuration allows for situations where spare circuits between two switches can be utilised to realize the invention.
  • the computer apparatus 10 By arranging the computer apparatus 10 to have the ability of to pass control command from one control port to another, the control links which now communicate with the computer apparatus can still be used for normal telephone traffic.
  • Control commands needed for normal traffic may be passed from the first control port to the second control port or vice versa.
  • Control commands needed for services according the invention are not passed from one control port to another but interpreted and handled as required for a service according to the invention.
  • This situation can be applied between two switches on the same aggregation level within the network 1, but also between two switches at different levels, between switch and a RAC/RAP (Routing and Access Controller/Radio Access Point) or between a switch and a voice gateway (e.g. Voice-Over-IP gateway).
  • RAC/RAP Ring and Access Controller/Radio Access Point
  • voice gateway e.g. Voice-Over-IP gateway
  • Fig 3 shows an embodiment of the computer apparatus 10 according to the invention.
  • the computer apparatus 10 comprises a server 21 or a workstation acting as a server, which has communication ports that connect to the first switch fabric 2 via the control links 11 and 12.
  • the server 21 or workstation comprising a processor, volatile memory, static memory usually in the form of a magnetic disk, is arranged to execute programs that enable the server 21 or workstation to perform as a control system.
  • the server 21 or workstation may also be equipped with a display and input means for communicating with a user, who may develop or operate application software on this server 21 or workstation.
  • Fig 4 shows a further embodiment of the computer apparatus 10 according to the invention
  • the computer apparatus 10 according to the invention is built around a signalling gateway 22 connected to the first and second control link 11 and 12.
  • the signalling gateway 22 communicates with the first switch fabric 2 in the telecom network 1 using control commands.
  • the server 21 has access to the functionality of the signalling gateway 22 through an API (Application Programming Interface) over connection 23, which may be an IP (Internet Protocol) connection.
  • API Application Programming Interface
  • connection 23 which may be an IP (Internet Protocol) connection.
  • Signalling gateways are commercially available products. The one used for prototyping is a "Milborne" from Telesoft Technologies.
  • Fig 5 shows a preferred embodiment of the computer apparatus 10 according to the invention.
  • the server 21 and the signalling gateway 22 are connected to a private computer network 24, which may be a LAN or a WAN, via respectively a first connection 25 and a second connection 23.
  • the private computer network 24 may than be connected, routed or bridged via a bridging means 27 which may also include a firewall to a public computer network 26, for example the Internet.
  • a user may gain access to the server 21 via said public and private networks 26 24 via bridge 27.
  • the server 21 be arranged to provide web services which can be used, initiated or monitored from user terminals 28 like personal computers or workstations.
  • An example of such a web-based service may be "Web-initiated call setup", whereby a telephone call can be initiated from a web/IP-based interface.
  • the server 21 is arranged to present a user a field on a display of his user terminal 28 where the user can type in a first and a second phone number.
  • the user may than be presented with a button which when clicked on will result in an action from the server 21, sending control commands to the signalling gateway 22, which will than send appropriate commands to the first switch fabric 2 to establish or control two half calls between peripheral apparatuses 16 which correspond to the first and second phone number.
  • the switching of the half calls from the first conference call hardware to the second may also be controlled via a web interface by at least one of the subscribers, whereby the web interface communicates with the server 21 in the computer apparatus.
  • the invention further enables smart routing with functions like routing depending on time, day, user-settings, calling-party, called-party, etc.
  • Example services are:
  • the invention can be used in various call completion scenario's in such a way that tromboning can be prevented.
  • Tromboning occurs when for control purposes a call is routed from one switch to a side path one or more further switches deep and than routed back to the switch where the side path begun. Since the invention does not switch the voice paths, but handles control commands only, no tromboning from the ordinary telephone network will occur. Thus the invention enables changing the destination of a call without trombones during call set up after answer.
  • Another feature of the invention is that as far as the computer apparatus 10 initiates half calls, it is also the computer apparatus 10 that is responsible for and in control of generating call detail records (CDR's) for billing. Services may than be freely programmed to perform billing to users, not limited by the CDR generation rules as they are implemented in the telecom network 1.
  • CDR's call detail records

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EP02078028A EP1385343A1 (de) 2002-07-24 2002-07-24 System und Verfahren zur Steuerung von einem Telekommunikationsnetz
AT03766228T ATE376336T1 (de) 2002-07-24 2003-07-18 System und verfahren zur steuerung eines telekom- netzwerks
ES03766228T ES2295650T3 (es) 2002-07-24 2003-07-18 Sistema y procedimiento para controlar una red de telecomunicaciones.
US10/521,058 US7760714B2 (en) 2002-07-24 2003-07-18 System and method for controlling a telecom network
AU2003258524A AU2003258524A1 (en) 2002-07-24 2003-07-18 System and method for controlling a telecom network
EP03766228A EP1527615B1 (de) 2002-07-24 2003-07-18 System und verfahren zur steuerung eines telekom-netzwerks
DE60316951T DE60316951T2 (de) 2002-07-24 2003-07-18 System und verfahren zur steuerung eines telekom-netzwerks
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